Former Democratic mayor of state capital city pleads guilty for role in six-figure real estate bribery scheme

Chokwe Antar Lumumba, former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, pleaded guilty to accepting $50,000 in campaign contributions from undercover FBI agents posing as real estate developers. The contributions were made between specific dates as part of a federal investigation into municipal corruption. Lumumba served as Jackson's mayor from 2017 to 2022.

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